I think
If a program just got lasered into the User world, with no experience of drinking or eating User food
(only drinking the system’s “liquid energy” and otherwise getting charged on the system’s power)
that program would have the most fuckin voracious sweet tooth
Oh you get all your energy through your mouth? Okay so how do you turn this stuff into power? Lemme research what’s in it… Holy hack this is complicated
Ok but this sugar stuff? glucose, etc… this is what converts to energy most directly for you, right
This is your way of consuming energy. Ok good to know
ALL the candy in the house. ALL the syrup, yes just the syrup don’t bother with the pancakes
I’m supposed to charge myself on about 2000 “calories” of your energy daily. Got it. Buying this extra large milkshake and I’ll be good for the day… AAAAA. Why does my body feel so bad later. I GOT ENOUGH POWER
Energy drink? Yes please – OH HOLY GLITCHING GRIDBUGS THIS IS NOT ENERGY. it is… power-intensive malware that makes you use up all your energy faster and then crash??? Mixed with something that TRICKS you into feeling like you’re getting sugar but you’re not?? I WILL DEREZZ WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THIS
Just thinking about Rinzler in the User world. Stuck at Alan’s house because there is no way Alan is letting Sam take care of a traumatized homicidal computer program when his idea of a good plan is parachuting off a building.
At first everyone thinks that maybe Rinzler doesn’t need to eat because the program refuses to and insists that he’s fine. But Quorra has to eat, so Rinzler should too shouldn’t he? Alan finally puts his foot down after Rinzler passes out infront of him and almost lands on top of his poor cat.
So he goes to the store, buys a whole bunch of different foods to have Rinzler try. They try everything, soups, meat, the most balanced and great meals Alan knows how to make but Rinzler looks sick after eating more than a bite of anything and says it all tastes like voxels. (Alan doesn’t understand why that taste would be so bad until Sam explains it’s sort of like program blood.)
Finally Alan tries pancakes. He’s always kept supplies for them because Sam has always had a sweet tooth. Even though he doesn’t come over much anymore Alan still likes to make sure he has something that makes Sam happy when he does. And whenever Sam stayed over he went through a lot of them, so Alan had at least three bottles of syrup.
It’s the first time Rinzler takes more than three bites. The program’s eyes go wide like a cat that just saw a mouse. Alan is so relieved that it takes him several moments to panic as Rinzler grabs the syrup bottle and begins to guzzle it like water, already reaching for another.